Ping ([info]zestyping) wrote,
2006-06-06 03:46:00
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Vista: Are you sure? Are you sure? Are you sure? Are you sure? Are you sure?

It's even worse than i thought. This is really insane: you have to answer five confirmation prompts to delete a shortcut in Windows Vista.



The dialogs say, in order:
  1. Are you sure you want to move this shortcut to the Recycle Bin?
  2. Do you want to permanently delete it?
  3. You don't currently have permission to delete this file.
  4. Windows needs your permission to use this program
  5. Are you sure you want to permanently delete '[the filename]'?
This is supposed to help how?

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  • 17 comments

[info]flipzagging

June 6 2006, 13:58:18 UTC 5 years ago

This is supposed to help how?

Bill told his security team "I want our users to be using the most secure operating system," so they're trying to force them off Windows.

[info]istgut

June 6 2006, 15:30:43 UTC 5 years ago

That's a little unfair. The icon in question is clearly a system file of sorts (windows beta client), akin to deleting the "My Computer" icon. To claim that you have to do this "every time you delete a shortcut" is misleading. It'd like to see the process for a more trivial icon --- the kind you might actually delete on a regular basis.

[info]rainbowsorbet

June 6 2006, 17:44:16 UTC 5 years ago

Isn't a shortcut a shortcut?

The icon is actually a shortcut to Microsoft Beta client. Aren't shortcuts pretty disposable, no matter what they point to? I mean, it wouldn't affect the original item to delete a shortcut, right?

[info]darkvolf

September 10 2009, 14:52:01 UTC 2 years ago

i just got a laptop with vista, and it does this same 5 things for any shortcut, even the ebay demo.

[info]eigenvalue

June 6 2006, 18:34:44 UTC 5 years ago

Does this happen under default factory settings?

Is there, like, a "non-anal mode"?

Anonymous

June 7 2006, 05:03:30 UTC 5 years ago

It's not too different than XP

Under XP if you try to delete a shortcut that points to an unused file it shows a dialog telling you the shortcut points to an unexistant file and asking you to browse for a target. This dialog shows up twice, and then you are asked to delete the file.
They're just adding 2 more dialogs :-)

Anonymous

April 27 2007, 12:20:25 UTC 5 years ago

Re: It's not too different than XP

pfffffffft it doesn't do ask u to browse for a file when u delete a shortcut pointing to a nonexisting file pffffffffffffft

Anonymous

August 2 2007, 16:59:43 UTC 4 years ago

MY computer don't ask me this:
Are you sure you want to move this shortcut to the Recycle Bin?
But the other for steps are obligatory.
http://www.yourrecyclebin.com/

Anonymous

September 10 2009, 16:21:31 UTC 2 years ago

¬_¬

Huh. Funny. Just deleted a shortcut:

1) press delete
2) "Are you sure"?
3)...uh...no, that's it. One dialog box. You people using Vista for the Technologically Dead or what?

[info]mfb

September 10 2009, 18:18:51 UTC 2 years ago

Re: ¬_¬

You have security off, don't you.

Anonymous

September 10 2009, 23:44:43 UTC 2 years ago

Re: ¬_¬

I just did it as well, on a new computer with no settings changed. One prompt.

Anonymous

September 12 2009, 23:14:54 UTC 2 years ago

Re: ¬_¬

I can do it with security on just fine. I'm not exactly technologically challenged like you apparently are.

Anonymous

September 11 2009, 04:46:41 UTC 2 years ago

Huh I only get 2

I only get 2 messages. Unless I am moving something into a system folder. Then ..... well it takes awhile.

Anonymous

September 18 2009, 02:33:49 UTC 2 years ago

Protip: Shift+Delete

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[info]papaiapompas

September 17 2010, 14:56:31 UTC 1 year ago

This reminds me of the Firefox's saved passwords dialog window; since it's not password protected I don't see why they put the "Are you sure you wish to show your passwords?" confirmation prompt anyway.
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